Biography
Henderson was selected by the California Angels in the fifth round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft, [1] as a third baseman out of Edison High School in Fresno,California. [2] His professional career spanned 1965 to 1981. [3] Early in his professional career,he converted to pitching,posting a 17–8 win–loss record at the Class A level in 1968, [3] but he missed most of the 1969 season due to injury. [4] [5] Henderson first reached the Triple-A level in 1971. [3] On July 31,1974,he pitched a no-hitter for the Triple-A Iowa Oaks. [6] [7]
Henderson played parts of three seasons in the major leagues,in 1974 with the Chicago White Sox and in 1976 and 1977 with the Cincinnati Reds,exclusively as a pitcher. [8] In four games with the 1976 Cincinnati Reds,he did not allow an earned run in 11 innings pitched. [1] The Reds went on to win the 1976 World Series,although Henderson did not pitch for them in the postseason. [8] After 1977,he completed he professional career in the Mexican League;league records of the era are incomplete. [3]
Overall,in 16 major-league games (three starts),Henderson compiled a 3–2 record with a 6.69 earned run average (ERA) while striking out 27 batters in 35 innings. [1] During his minor-league career,Henderson compiled an 80–49 record in 276 games pitched (111 starts),posting a 3.24 ERA while striking out 831 batters in 1085 innings. [3] He also played 230 games as an outfielder,59 games as a first baseman,and 14 games as a third baseman during his minor-league career. [3] He hit 37 home runs and had 160 runs batted in (RBIs) in 1265 minor-league at bats,compiling a .206 batting average. [3]
Following his baseball career,Henderson worked for Circle K,and helped former teammate Rudy May join the company after his baseball career ended. [9] Henderson's nephew Dave Henderson was also a major-league player. [1]
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